Friday Links

Happy Friday, hypothetical reader! I was crazy tired yesterday but I think I’m a little better this morning. Coffee will help. Mmm, sweet, sweeeeeet legal addictive drugs…

First up this week is Blake Butler, with 22 Things I Learned From Submitting Writing. He’s talking mainly about the short story market, about the long grind of gradually turning rejection into acceptance. The whole post is great, but I really love #9: “If you really want to publish a book one day you will publish a book. The time that you spend getting there is kind of wonderful. Don’t cut it short. The emotional range is valuable.” Listen up, peeps: I really want to publish a book!

We all know Harry Potter is a little punk. Magician David Copperfield finally calls him out, accusing J.K. Rowling of stealing his own life story for her books. Which is pretty funny, considering Copperfield himself stole his name from a Dickens character. (The video’s a joke, of course. Er – I hope. Gulp!)

Send a lot of text messages? Ha! That’s so mainstream. Back in 1890, they were text messaging before it sold out and got all popular.

INTERN has an insightful post about the meaning of success as a writer. Success is a slippery thing; you can feel like you’ve made it (or are failing to make it) at any level from unpublished to Nobel laureate. If you believe you’re unsuccessful, ask yourself if you really are. Think about what you’ve accomplished instead of just what’s next, because there will always, always be a Next Thing.

Finally, not related to writing, but if you like Star Trek (or just general epicness) then I implore you, I beseech you, watch this Lazy Song music video featuring Leonard Nimoy. I simply cannot imagine you will be disappointed.

Truly, I have no more to give you. Go forth and hit that weekend like it was looking at your sister!